Box Score

Minus a key starter, four other Blue Streak starters picked up the scoring slack and powered John Carroll to an 82-68 victory on the road against Heidelberg Wednesday night in Tifin, Ohio.

John Carroll never trailed in this contest, but did take a while to build momentum. When senior Lana Kiko (Dalton, OH, Dalton) buried a three-pointer with 8:06 to play in the first half, it marked the Blue Streaks first double digit lead at 26-16.

JCU kept up the pressure and owned a 40-24 lead at the intermission.

Heidelberg put a scare into John Carroll to open the second half by scoring the first seven points. When Morgan Harrigan connected on a lay-up at the 16:19 mark, she helped whittle John Carroll's lead down to six points at 41-35.

Senior Rachael Price (Johnstown, PA, Bishop McCort) answered eight seconds later with a three-pointer, then connected on another following a made free throw by the 'Berg to jump start a 9-1 run that pushed the Blue Streaks lead back to 14 points at 50-36 with 14:38 remaining in the second half.

John Carroll would keep the margin in double figures the rest of the contest.

In winning its fourth consecutive game, John Carroll (8-4, 3-2 OAC) was led by 17 points each from Price and junior Caitlin Sureck (Medina, OH, Walsh Jesuit). Junior Whitney Hamilton (Akron, OH, Barberton) added 16 points and senior Caitlin Hubach (Fairview Park, OH, Magnificat) tossed in 13 as the Blue Streaks survived the night without leading scorer Lee Jennings, who sat out for precautionary reasons.

Heidelberg (4-8, 1-4 OAC) received a team-high 17 points from Brittany Skolnicki, who was 5-9 from the field and 7-10 from the free throw line.